Rest–grazing before soil thawing alters the below‐ground distribution and extent of rooting in Carex subalpine meadows

Rest grazing from the critical period of soil thawing promotes the propagation of Kobresia humilis in alpine meadow

(2022) Meimei Bai et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Advancing the spring rest-grazing time until the critical period when soil thaws promotes soil recovery and bacterial diversity in alpine meadows

(2022) Yuanyuan Jing et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

An integrated belowground trait‐based understanding of nitrogen‐driven plant diversity loss

(2022) Qiuying Tian et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Rest grazing start from the critical period of soil thawing optimizes plant community characteristics and grassland grazing capacity in alpine meadows

(2022) Kaikai Ma et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Effects of different rest grazing periods on the reproduction and root characteristics of Carex capillifolia in subalpine meadow

(2022) Zhen Peng et al.   Global Ecology and Conservation

Differential effects of soil texture and root traits on the spatial variability of soil infiltrability under natural revegetation in the Loess Plateau of China

(2022) Peipei Wang et al.   CATENA

Root, not aboveground litter, controls soil carbon storage under grazing exclusion across grasslands worldwide

(2021) Jishuai Su et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Carbon turnover times shape topsoil carbon difference between Tibetan Plateau and Arctic tundra

(2021) Donghai Wu et al.   Science Bulletin

Plant rhizodeposition: A key factor for soil organic matter formation in stable fractions

(2021) Sebastián H. Villarino et al.   Science Advances

Associated soil aggregate nutrients and controlling factors on aggregate stability in semiarid grassland under different grazing prohibition timeframes

(2021) Dongdong Liu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Community species diversity mediates the trade‐off between aboveground and belowground biomass for grasses and forbs in degraded alpine meadow, Tibetan Plateau

(2021) Tiancai Zhou et al.   Ecology and Evolution

A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements

(2021) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Effect of Simulated Tibetan Sheep and Yak Trampling at Different Periods on the Reproductive Characteristics, Underground Morphology, and Carbohydrate Content of Kobresia humilis

(2021) Pan Taotao et al.   Rangeland Ecology & Management

Community structure and carbon and nitrogen storage of sagebrush desert under grazing exclusion in Northwest China

(2020) Yiqiang Dong et al.   Journal of Arid Land

Root cellulose drives soil fulvic acid carbon sequestration in the grassland restoration process

(2020) Xuejuan Bai et al.   CATENA

Physiology of Leymus chinensis under seasonal grazing: Implications for the development of sustainable grazing in a temperate grassland of Inner Mongolia

(2020) Liangyuan Song et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs

(2020) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Moderate grazing promotes the root biomass in Kobresia meadow on the northern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

(2019) Licong Dai et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Productive Overcompensation of Alpine Meadows in Response to Yak Grazing in the Eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

(2019) Tserang-Donko Mipam et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Root litter diversity and functional identity regulate soil carbon and nitrogen cycling in a typical steppe

(2019) Jing Man et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The Kobresia pygmaea ecosystem of the Tibetan highlands – Origin, functioning and degradation of the world's largest pastoral alpine ecosystem

(2018) Georg Miehe et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Effects of maize roots on aggregate stability and enzyme activities in soil

(2017) Amit Kumar et al.   GEODERMA

Grazing enhances soil nutrient effects: Trade-offs between aboveground and belowground biomass in alpine grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau

(2017) Jian Sun et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Effects of Warming and Precipitation Manipulation on Fine Root Dynamics of Pinus densiflora Sieb. et Zucc. Seedlings

(2017) Seung Han et al.   Forests

Functional identity is the main driver of diversity effects in young tree communities

(2016) Cornelia M. Tobner et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Integrated plant phenotypic responses to contrasting above- and below-ground resources: key roles of specific leaf area and root mass fraction

(2015) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Water release through plant roots: new insights into its consequences at the plant and ecosystem level

(2012) Iván Prieto et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Development and stabilisation of soil structure via interactions between organic matter, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant roots

(2012) Cathal N. Daynes et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Functional traits and root morphology of alpine plants

(2011) Mandy Pohl et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY